Soul Catcher(S)
2

I Need to Be in Love

If you translate this into another language, PLEASE credit me (lynxian) as the original Japanese to English translator in your release. If you can't/won't do that, then don't use my translation.

Just a quick note: I've changed the reading for the school's name to Meien as per a kanji reading given in this chapter.

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[p001]

(top left, star) Hyper-visual instrumental graffiti!! Center color and an increase to 25 pages for the new serialization's 2nd chapter!!(center) I didn't understand the meaning behind these "eyes". From meeting you, I might be able to catch hold of it.(bottom right)Opus 2: I Need to Be in LoveShinkai Hideo

[p002]

Kamine: B...become a conductor...Kamine: What are you saying all of a sudden!!(right) Tokisaka's enthusiasm!!Box, left side: SummaryBox, right side: Kamine is a boy who is unfortunately able to "see" people's hearts. In the midst of his despair over finding no meaning behind this ability, he meets Tokisaka, a sax player from the concert band, joins forces with him, and is successful in saving someone's heart for the first time. Tokisaka then extends an invitation to him...!?

Kamine: I'd... definitely be able to tell where everyone can improve...確か...皆にダメ出しとかする...Kamine: But that would have to come from someone who knows a lot about music, wouldn't it?!

Toki: You can study as much musical knowledge as you want later.Toki: Listen, Kamine!! A conductor is

Toki: the one who brings the whole piece together, so that the feelings of passion, joy, comfort, determination, courage, resurgence and willpower contained withinToki: can reach the hearts of the audience!!

Toki: It's especially fitting for you,Toki: who has suffered from "seeing" people's hearts...!!

[p003]

Box: Tokisaka... he...

Box: His heart is in a completely neutral state.Box: He doesn't have any malice or ulterior motives, and he's not lying, either.Box: He believes everything he just said...

Box: Really...?Box: Would I...?

Kamine: Stop it.Kamine: Don't... make me out to be something I'm not.

[p004]

Kamine: These "eyes" aren't as great as you think...Kamine: and I'm not cut out for that sort of thing.

Kamine: JustKamine: forget about it.

(right, star) You can only read Shinkai-sensei's manga in Shounen Jump!!

(on sign) Today's the last dayAnnouncer: --Today,

Announcer: from 1 PM onward, there will be a special stage set up above the entrancewayAnnouncer: and we'll hold the main event, "I've Got Something To Say".

[p005]

Announcer: Latecomers are welcome, and anyone who wants to participate should go to the festival committee office...飛び込み歓迎出場希望者は実行委員会本部まで(on sign) "I've Got Something To Say" Information DeskBoy: Yes, it will be broadcast throughout the school via microphone.

Boy: You can say whatever you'd like in front of everyone...Boy: Words of thanks, love confessions, even a challenge to fight. Anything's fine.Boy: Please shout it out from atop the stage.

Announcer: We will be beginning shortly.Announcer: Please gather outside the entranceway in a timely manner.Girl: Crap!! Hurry up, let's go!Girl: Wait! We have to tidy up...Girl: We can do it later!

(on sign)Meien festival stockroomAuthorized personnel only

(sfx from outside) Yaay! Whoo!

Announcer: Is everyone enjoying the culture festival?!Announcer: Still not much of an audience yet, huh... Call even more of your friends out here!!(panels below stage) I've Got Something To Say(crowd sfx) YEAAAH!

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Announcer: What about the people who don't have any?!(sfx) Wahahahaha!Announcer: Is there anybody like that?!Box: There's one right here.

Box: I don't get involved with anyone,Box: and I don't let anyone get involved with me, either.

Box: I should just keep to myself.Box: That's what I'd decided.

Box: Having someone who'd come to trust meBox: experience anger and pain as a result... is something I can't stand to see.

Box: I tried telling him... Box: that I wanted him to be careful because a wickedness was starting to arise in his heart.Box: ...I'd thought I was saying it for his own sake.Box: The only thanks I got for my well-meaning remark was...

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Boy: You really believe I'd think something like that?!Boy: Don't shoot off your mouth as if you know everything!!

Box: Everyone finds me creepy and distances themselves from me.Box: That's why I can only view getting involved with hearts as a bad thing.

Toki: I ended up thinking about it, and this is the result!!Toki: "Just forget about it"?! Like I could!!

Toki: After all, even though youToki: were struggling so desperately that time, I...!!

[p012]

Toki: I had so much fun, I thought I'd die!!!Toki: Sorry, I just couldn't help it!!!

Box: ...so you...Box: didBox: too...

Toki: I can't tell whether this will reach your heart, butToki: just listen to one song.

Toki: This is the first and only time I'll do a performance for your sake.Toki: That's because you are no longer a "spectator."

[p013]

Toki: You're going to become the "conductor"Toki: who directs my performance!!

[p014]

Box: He rapidly captures the hearts of the audienceBox: who had mocked him only moments before.

Box: He finished what he wanted to say, even though they had turned against him.あいつはどんな心を向けられても言い切ったBox: Saying "I had fun"Box: about making music with me...

Box: And thatBox: we're "friends"...

[p015]

Woman: ...The Carpenters'Woman: "I Need to Be in Love", huh.

Woman: ...Tokisaka?

[p017]

Toki: Ka-Kamine: Frankly,

Kamine: I don't want to look at hearts anymore... or have anything to do with them, either.

Kamine: ...but

Kamine: what happened with that girl wasn't just some miracle.Kamine: If by directing your music... I can see that sort of thing again, then...!

Kamine: Performing music with youKamine: wouldn't be so bad...!!!

[p018]

Toki: WelcomeToki: to the concert band.

Toki: We shouldn't waste another second! C'mon! Let's go to the faculty advisor's officeToki: and get permission for you to join!Box: ...I'm

Box: probably stepping onto a pretty unexpected path.Box: For me to get involved with hearts of my own accord... it's entirely possible that I've lost my mind...

Box: Still, if moving people's hearts will leave me with a feeling of satisfaction from here on,Box: then let's keep moving forward!

(signs)Music Storage RoomAnd the advisor's workroom!!!Assume that I'm always in - Kodama???: ...first of all,???: how about I give you 3 reasons that won't work.ダメな理由3コ言っとくか

[p019]

Woman: This is a club for playing instruments,Woman: such a big responsibility is the advisor's duty,Woman: it's impossible for a beginner to lead a musical group,Box: Concert Band faculty advisorKodama Yuuko

Kodama: and the club members likely wouldn't acknowledge you!Boy: Sensei, you turned it into 4 reasons.

Kamine: Isn't there... anything we can do?Boy: I've never heard of someone joining the concert band for the sole purpose of directing it.Box:Concert Band, Band PresidentSouma Shunpei

Kodama: We were once a "championship school", you know.Kodama: There are plenty of kids who chose Meien High School just to be in this band.Kodama: Come what may, they want to respond in kind to the emotions of the conductor, who strives to take all aspects of school life and layer them together.高校生活全てを懸けてぶつかってくる演奏者の気持ちに何としても応えてあげたい

[p020]

Kodama: The conductor unites all of such kids into one cohesive group, you know?Kodama: Would you be able to do that?

Kodama: If you're just fooling around,Kodama: then I won't approve of your joining.

Toki: He isn't fooling aroundToki: at all.

Toki: Kamine... you weren't able to see it, were you?Toki: I saw it as clear as day.

Toki: A future where you and I compete together on the world stage!!Toki: I want... to reach that future, whatever it takes!!

[p021]

Kodama: ...It's as if you're a completely different person then you were yesterday...Kodama: What happened, Tokisaka?Kodama: Even "what you played earlier"... What was with... that sound?

Kodama: It's so good that yesterday's performanceKodama: doesn't even begin to compare...!!

Souma: ...Definitely! That was the first time I'd heard a sound like that from Tokisaka-kun...!Souma: It had much more appeal...!

(Kodama): No way.

[p022]

(Kodama): Is this kid the very reason that(Kodama): that Tokisaka would go this far...?!他ならぬあの刻坂にここまで言わせる子なの...?!

Souma: Sensei, Tokisaka-kun, let's stop with the scary faces... we finally have someone interested in joining, soSouma: wouldn't it be alright for him to join up normally for now, starting out with a single instrument?

Kodama: ...Alright.Kodama: I'll permit you to join as a musician. ...and

Kodama: I'll give you a test to seeKodama: whether or not you can fill a conductor's role.

Kamine: Th...thank you very much.Souma: Are you sure, sensei?!

Kodama: Souma... we'll be bringing these two alongKodama: to the meeting after this.

[p023]

Souma: I...isn't that a little too sudden...?Kodama: If he's going to be a conductor, he'll have to face them anyway.